10 Bollywood Personalities With Criminal Charges

So, it’s the end of the road for Sanjay Dutt. He is about to surrender himself as per court orders amidst much criticism as well as relentless support from his fans.

Everything said and done, Bollywood’s brush with law is not a current trend. From Salman Khan to Govinda to Priyanka Chopra, all of these Bollywood personalities have been there and done that. From rape cases to poaching, IT raids to brazen scuffles; these actors have defied laws in baffling ways.

Let’s have a look at these 10 Bollywood personalities with criminal records.

1) Salman Khan

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He is clearly a controversies’ child since his list of criminal charges is endless. On September 28, 2002, this Bollywood personality was booked under culpable homicide when his car rammed onto a pavement in Mumbai killing a pavement dweller. This other time, he was sentenced to one year in prison for killing two endangered blackbucks and chinkaras in 2006. In 2010, another case was filed against him over vulgarity of content being displayed in Bigg Boss, where he was the host. Talk about Being Human!

2) Shiney Ahuja

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Shiney Ahuja appalled the entire nation when he was booked for raping his 20-year-old domestic help in 2009. After denying it for several months, the actor confessed to having committed this heinous crime. Unfortunate as it may be, Shiney continues to be out on bail after the complainant withdrew the case.

3) Saif Ali Khan

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Apart from being involved with Salman Khan and his other co-stars of Hum Saath Saath Hain in the blackbuck poaching case, the Nawab of Pataudi also hit headlines in 2012 for being involved in a major scuffle. He was dining with his then-girlfriend Kareena Kapoor and other friends at The Taj Hotel where he was engaged in a brawl with another diner post which he was booked under the charge of Attempt to Murder.

4) Shahrukh Khan

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Last year in 2012, the Baadshah of Bollywood had a tiff with the Maharashtra Cricket Association officials where he accused them of manhandling his daughter and her friends. The board, on the other hand, accused him of engaging in a drunken brawl of them. Whatever the truth is, this Bollywood personality was thereafter banned from entering Wankhede stadium for 5 years.

5) Fardeen Khan

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He certainly didn’t get any recognition from his films, but cine goers will remember Fardeen Khan for his criminal charges when he was caught with cocaine in 2001. In 2010, he was charged again for possessing 1 gram of cocaine by a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act Court.

6) John Abraham

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We all know his love for bikes; however, did you know that the actor was booked for rash and negligent driving that led to two pedestrians being injured in 2006. The actor, however, got out on bail. Quite unusual as John is otherwise known to be a good biker.

7) Priyanka Chopra

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Technically, she wasn’t booked under any criminal charge, but the actress had a brush with the law when IT officials raided her apartment on January 23, 2011. Don’t remember? Well, this was the same time when her then-rumoured boyfriend Shahid Kapoor was found in her apartment before the raids as well. Ah, there you go!

8) Govinda

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Call it a publicity stunt or a gimmick to push Govinda’s otherwise failing career, this bollywood actor was charged for slapping a visitor on the sets of Money Hai Toh Honey Hai. Govinda has not pleaded guilty and the case still remains pending in the court of law.

9) Madhur Bhandarkar

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The National Award winning filmmaker was arrested in 2006 for allegedly raping struggling actress Preeti Jain on the pretext of casting her as a leading lady in his next project. Although nothing substantial was proved against him but we at least know from where does he gets his inspiration from for his ‘realistic’ genre films.

10) Monica Bedi

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Known more as a girlfriend of the underworld don Abu Salem rather than a Bollywood actor, Monica Bedi was arrested and sentenced to a five years jail term in 2005 in a passport forgery case.